The
Library Sculpture Gallery is a permanent collection of Library Purchase
Award winners from the National Drawing and Small Sculpture Competition
sponsored annually by Del Mar College. The Library Purchase Award has
been given annually since the fourth annual competition in 1970.

The National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show is the only
such competition and show in the United States to be held at a community
college. The juried exhibition features diverse, contemporary drawings
and sculpture by artists from all across the nation. Well-known judges
and lecturers, such as Jesús Bautista Moroles, James Surls, Luis
Jimenez, Fritz Scholder, Marisol, Peter Saul, Ivan Karp, Melissa Miller,
and Peter Selz, contribute to the prestige of the National Drawing and
Small Sculpture Show.

The Library Sculpture Gallery is located on the fifth
floor of the William F. White, Jr. Library on the Del Mar College East
Campus. The gallery is open during regular library
hours.